2011 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2011 Australian Open
Champion	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
Runner-up	Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko
Final score	2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Main article: 2011 Australian Open

Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions from 2010; however, they were unable to defend their title because of Serena's foot injury, sustained in the middle of the 2010 season. The number 1 seed, Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won the title beating Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 in the final.

Seeds

2

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gisela Dulko   Flavia Pennetta	6	6
		Natalie Grandin   Vladimíra Uhlířová	0	3
								1	Gisela Dulko   Flavia Pennetta	6	7
								3	Liezel Huber   Nadia Petrova	4	5
	3	Liezel Huber   Nadia Petrova	6	6
	5	Cara Black   Anastasia Rodionova	1	4
															1	Gisela Dulko   Flavia Pennetta	2	7	6
															12	Victoria Azarenka   Maria Kirilenko	6	5	1
	12	Victoria Azarenka   Maria Kirilenko	5	6	6
		Chuang Chia-jung   Hsieh Su-wei	7	3	2
								12	Victoria Azarenka   Maria Kirilenko	6	6
								2	Květa Peschke   Katarina Srebotnik	2	4
	9	Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Meghann Shaughnessy	3	3
	2	Květa Peschke   Katarina Srebotnik	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	6
		S Mirza R Voráčová	4	1				1	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	6
	WC	T Patterson O Rogowska	4	2					J Craybas O Savchuk	2	2
		J Craybas O Savchuk	6	6											1	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	6
	Alt	IR Olaru Z Ondrášková	1	2												O Govortsova A Kudryavtseva	3	2
		O Govortsova A Kudryavtseva	6	6					O Govortsova A Kudryavtseva	6	6
		V Dushevina E Makarova	3	2				15	A Kleybanova A Medina Garrigues	2	4
	15	A Kleybanova A Medina Garrigues	6	6																		1	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	6
	11	F Schiavone R Stubbs	0	5																			N Grandin V Uhlířová	0	3
		M Krajicek P Kvitová	6	7					M Krajicek P Kvitová	0	4
		A Cornet E Gallovits-Hall	63	2					N Grandin V Uhlířová	6	6
		N Grandin V Uhlířová	7	6												N Grandin V Uhlířová	7	3	6
		J Groth K Zakopalová	6	6											7	J Görges L Raymond	65	6	4
		C Gullickson M Oudin	1	2					J Groth K Zakopalová	6	3	2
		V Diatchenko T Poutchek	2	1				7	J Görges L Raymond	4	6	6
	7	J Görges L Raymond	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	3	L Huber N Petrova	6	6
	WC	D Dominikovic J Moore	3	0				3	L Huber N Petrova	6	6
		E Daniilidou K Kanepi	6	6					E Daniilidou K Kanepi	3	3
		L Domínguez Lino C Suárez Navarro	1	3											3	L Huber N Petrova	6	6
		A Dulgheru M Rybáriková	4	6	7											A Dulgheru M Rybáriková	3	2
		V King A Parra Santonja	6	2	66				A Dulgheru M Rybáriková	6	6
	WC	J Dokić S Peers	1	4				16	T Bacsinszky T Garbin	3	3
	16	T Bacsinszky T Garbin	6	6																		3	L Huber N Petrova	6	6
	10	M Niculescu Z Yan	6	6																		5	C Black A Rodionova	1	4
		K Jans A Rosolska	2	2				10	M Niculescu Z Yan	64	7	2
		R Kops-Jones A Spears	6	7					R Kops-Jones A Spears	7	5	6
		P Hercog P Martić	3	65												R Kops-Jones A Spears	4	2
		S Borwell M-È Pelletier	7	2	2										5	C Black A Rodionova	6	6
		S Cîrstea L Šafářová	5	6	6				S Cîrstea L Šafářová	4	5
		T Paszek T Pironkova	2	1				5	C Black A Rodionova	6	7
	5	C Black A Rodionova	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	8	Y-j Chan A Radwańska	4	6	7
		D Cibulková A Pavlyuchenkova	6	2	5			8	Y-j Chan A Radwańska	6	6
		S Arvidsson J Larsson	6	6					S Arvidsson J Larsson	2	1
		A Amanmuradova D Kustova	4	3											8	Y-j Chan A Radwańska	2	1
	WC	S Ferguson A Molik	4	6	6										12	V Azarenka M Kirilenko	6	6
		A Brianti A Chakvetadze	6	1	3			WC	S Ferguson A Molik	2	1
		R Oprandi J Wöhr	1	0				12	V Azarenka M Kirilenko	6	6
	12	V Azarenka M Kirilenko	6	6																		12	V Azarenka M Kirilenko	5	6	6
	13	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	6	6																			C-j Chuang S-w Hsieh	7	3	2
	WC	M Adamczak I Holland	1	1				13	E Vesnina V Zvonareva	2	2
	WC	J Hopper M Wejnert	1	2					C-j Chuang S-w Hsieh	6	6
		C-j Chuang S-w Hsieh	6	6												C-j Chuang S-w Hsieh	6	6
		K Barrois A Kerber	5	3												A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	4	2
		A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	7	6					A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	6	6
		S Errani R Vinci	7	4	4			4	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	4	4
	4	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	5	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	6	I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6
		K Bondarenko D Safina	2	4				6	I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6
		S Halep Y Wickmayer	4	3					L Dekmeijere A Morita	3	2
		L Dekmeijere A Morita	6	6											6	I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	5	3
	WC	S Letcher V Rajicic	4	2											9	B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy	7	6
		M Kondratieva S Lefèvre	6	6					M Kondratieva S Lefèvre	2	7	0
		K Flipkens M Koryttseva	1	1				9	B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy	6	64	6
	9	B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy	6	6																		9	B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy	3	3
	14	S Pe'er S Peng	6	6																		2	K Peschke K Srebotnik	6	6
		T Malek A Petkovic	2	3				14	S Pe'er S Peng	1	6	6
		B Jovanovski V Lepchenko	4	4					K Date-Krumm S Zhang	6	3	2
		K Date-Krumm S Zhang	6	6											14	S Pe'er S Peng	2	63
		S Bammer A Sevastova	3	63											2	K Peschke K Srebotnik	6	7
		A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	7					A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	5	2
		M Erakovic T Tanasugarn	4	5				2	K Peschke K Srebotnik	4	7	6
	2	K Peschke K Srebotnik	6	7

References

• [1] Source for the draw at australianopen.com